jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
And with an extra mouth to feed. Day care ain't cheap, yo.
What have you done to further your career today?
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And with an extra mouth to feed. Day care ain't cheap, yo.
PropSettin'
Low n Slow
Got poked, prodded, rubber gloved, and upgraded to first class medical so I can finally meet the pre-reqs for Compass...
Fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed.
rd757
Well-Known Member
Well that would explain that dead end. I guess I'll try some other avenues... This ship is sinking quicker than Titanic and I need to escape! I survived the entire first year here and I know I could survive it again.
Ahem.
The preferred nomenclature is either "barrister" or "solicitor".
Please make note
AA? Pourquoi?
Trip7
Well-Known Member
I strongly recommend you reconsider. Look beyond 1st year. At XJT you're looking at 40-50k for the foreseeable future. At an airline like Compass you'll be upgrading before you know it. Coming up on your one year anniversary, you'll be holding a schedule that takes a current XJT FO 6-7 years to attain.
Maurus
The Great Gazoo
Yes but I have to deal with no pay for two months in training. Pay for housing for one month in MSP.
I'll have a training contract (not a fan).
I live in base right now. If I go to Compass I'll have to commute since I couldn't afford to move in to an apartment in base. Crashpads/hotels will add additional costs each month.
If/When XJT tanks I'll work on a corporate or air ambulance job.
I have TPIC and came to XJT to be able to check more boxes on applications. An upgrade was never in my plans.
Over the last 6.5 years of being a "professional" pilot I have made over 30k once. I'm done.
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Gonzo
Well-Known Member
The problem is some guys would be homeless by the end of year one. Trust me I have tried to find a way to make the numbers work for a jump to Compass, I can't. I have zero debt outside of my house and one student loan.
dasleben
That's just, like, your opinion, man
Got apps out at the Big 3. AA is the only place I have strong internals so far.
jetstream7104
Well-Known Member
Set up another visit to shadow dispatcher at one of the majors. Hopefully I'll be able to continue to do this. A little face time around the ops center certainly can't hurt!
JustinS
Well-Known Member
Kind of a summary of the last month for me:
- Updating resume
- Updating logbook
- Preparing for job interviews
- Flying
- Keeping a pulse on the industry I'm interested in by reading forums, and talking with those working in industry.
I am waiting to meet R-ATP mins. I'm less than 4 months away from that. In the meantime I'm doing as much of the above as I can everyday.
- Updating resume
- Updating logbook
- Preparing for job interviews
- Flying
- Keeping a pulse on the industry I'm interested in by reading forums, and talking with those working in industry.
I am waiting to meet R-ATP mins. I'm less than 4 months away from that. In the meantime I'm doing as much of the above as I can everyday.
MoMatt
Well-Known Member
Let's get this thread going again!
Have been hitting the job search pretty hard lately, and it's become apparent that the harder you work at something the luckier you get.
In addition to updating online apps, I've sent snail-mail resumes and reached out to contacts and friends just to talk about jobs.
I've made many new contacts in that short time, and it's surprising how helpful and nice people can be even when they don't know you from Adam.
I've also reached out to coworkers and friends from the past to try and help them along with their job search.
Have been hitting the job search pretty hard lately, and it's become apparent that the harder you work at something the luckier you get.
In addition to updating online apps, I've sent snail-mail resumes and reached out to contacts and friends just to talk about jobs.
I've made many new contacts in that short time, and it's surprising how helpful and nice people can be even when they don't know you from Adam.
I've also reached out to coworkers and friends from the past to try and help them along with their job search.
I'm new here, but I'll jump in. Since the title of the thread states "What have you done to further YOUR career today?" Yesterday our bids closed for the upcoming bid period. I'm currently on my week off and next week I have a week of vacation followed by a week off. I bid for and got the first week off of the next bid period. So I turned one week of vacation into a month off. I'm able to do this with all four weeks of vacation I get a year. That equates to 1/3 of the year off just on vacation. With my week on/week off schedule that I bid, that leaves just 126 day a year that I'm actually at work.
My goal in the furtherance of my career is to do what I can to work as little as possible while maximizing the pay. So far I'm doing pretty good. I'm on track again to be well north of $200K for the year. Not too shabby for someone that bids a domestic only right seat, eh?
Do whatever you can to further your career as the rewards of working for a good major airline are worth it.
My goal in the furtherance of my career is to do what I can to work as little as possible while maximizing the pay. So far I'm doing pretty good. I'm on track again to be well north of $200K for the year. Not too shabby for someone that bids a domestic only right seat, eh?
Do whatever you can to further your career as the rewards of working for a good major airline are worth it.
ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
Scheduled the rest of my CFI initial prerequisites (flight proficiency and 60 days prior training) Then I can schedule a checkride.
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